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terms of the watchman subscription per year two dollars payable in f r , ance hut if not paid in advance two dollars * a fifty cts will lie charged srtisemexts inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts r reach subsequent insertion court orders chnrged 25 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc .,, those who advertise by the year , to the kdilors niusl be post paid carolina tpatdjman i.v account of the battle of ramsoimts mill a person would form a very imperfect idea of the battle of ramsour's mill with out a knowledge of the times and circum stances connected with it of these i will give as correct an account as i can rowan county took an active part in the revolution but it will be remembered that htvc districts of what was then rowan was not so friendly lo the cause of liberty as might have been desired we know i but little about that part of it now called jjavijson county except the lower por tion call ed the flat swamp which was the place of col bryant's retreat when driven out of the fork of the yad kin as will be more fully noticed in the proper place this latter for a considerable distance up the river was originally settled by a mixed population from every direction having no general trait of national char acter ; there were about as many tories as whigs among them and a third party that through cowardice stood neutral â€” following hunting creek up to the brushy ! mountains you would have found the in ! habitants nearly all tories throughout the mountains to the catawba river for the lirst few years oi the war they took no active part in it but some of them caused considerable annoyance to the whigs by their robberies especially by horsestealing having committed depre | dations in this way they would fly to the mountains and were there concealed â€” but the whigs of the fork assisted by their friends south of the south-yadkin j and furnished with a sufficient force for \ protection would pursue the rogues often recover their properly and punish the of j fenders by lynch law j!ut as the seat of war seemed to be changing from north to south the tories hecame more active in the beginning of the year 1780 they began to collect in companies but the whigs would always scatter them before they joined large bodies in may 1780 when charleston ! surrendered to the british army and j lord comwallis was full of hope that he would redeem his pledge made lo his friends before he left england which was that if they would give him four regiments of regulars he would march triumphant from one end of the continent to the other and he had marched up as far as camden many of the south carolinians joining his ! standard : and the news had spread through all the upper country then all the tories were in motion ; the encamp ! meat near lincolnton was founded the lat i ter part of that spring or the beginning of the summer for when taken in june it was found to be old camp their ob ject was to be ready to join cornwallison his march and a considerable body of men soon collected the tories were in motion in every direction the whigs using all means in their power to keep them down succeeded in distressing them before they collected in large numbers the whijjs often ventured out in one direc tion in the evening and before day the next morning would be called upon to go in another but they were always ready ind willing to go never lying down at bight without placing their arms so that they could lay their hands on them at any moment col bryant a citizen of the fork of the yadkin a man of some talents had considerable influence with the tories of his vicinity ; he was not idle but was airaid to come out publicly he how over caused it to be reported that the war would soon end and that all the land belonging to the rebels would be confis cated and the king's friends would be the owners this drew off many of the neutral par ly horse-stealing now increased : horses ere in greater demand : hut the brushy mountains were not a safe retreat they " e d to lincolnton and there found a market for their horses and protection for their persons ; as was evident from the juct that several horses stolen in the fork Â°' the yadkin were recovered at the bat tle f ramsour's mill lynch-law was ten enforced and offenders joined the ca mp in lincoln till a formidable body in * had been collected this caused no lu e uneasiness to the whigs who re h'ed to attack them and break up their e ncatnpment this was in the latter part 0 j une 1780 and it appears to be a cri ils ln the revolution if the men for this torpose were to be taken from the fork vicinity.as many from there were out j n other expeditions bryant was to be f eaded behind them they scarcely the carolina watchman bru.ner k james ) > " kr.ep a check upon all vocr editors 4 proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and liberty is sake < gent harrison [ volume y number 51 salisbury n c thursday april 26 1849 knew how to raise a sufficient force but they determined upon it about this time news was received that gen gates was on his way with a north ern army to assist them this greatly en couraged them to persevere ; for by break ing up that encampment they would pre vent it from causing any embarrassment to gen gates or giving any assistance to corn wal i is they therefore collected all the men they could in rowan and perhaps some from mecklenburg all were under the command of gen rutherford having crossed the catawba they were joined by captains bowman and dobson from burke ; and gen rutherford now finding himself at the head of a considerable body of men moved towards the enemy's camp about 300 mounted infantry many of them officers formed the advance guard while the infantry followed on under the officer in command the advance party after a march of 15 miles having reached the enemy's camp reconnoitred it without be ing discovered some difference of opin ion now arose as to the best course to pur sue col locke and perhaps some others thought that they would better wait till the infantry arrived ; captains falls armstrong col brevard and perhaps some others and among them maj james rutherford thought that they ought to avail themselves of the advantage of at tacking by surprise after some discus sion the latter opinion prevailed the first step was to send an express to gen rutherford to hasten on with the infantry for they intended an immediate attack the spartan number 300 with some thing of the spartan spirit now divided into two equal bodies ; the first was to advance and fire then retreat and form in the rear of the second in the mean time to load as they retired ; the second division was to advance and fire retreat and in like manner form in the rear and load ; thus to draw the enemy on till rutherford came up with the main body of the army this was the plan of attack with the clear understanding that each was to watch the other's motions and act in con cert the arrangement being thus made and understood the attack was made about sun-rise while the tories were en gaged in preparing their breakfast and so complete was the surprise that they found themselves falling by the balls of their enemies almost as soon as they dis covered them the first division after firing retreated opening to the right and left from the cen tre for the second to advance fire and retreat in the same way the enemy notwithstanding their surprise attempted to form a line but a whig of more cour age than prudence rode up seized their colors and rode off with them unhurt amidst a shower of balls having now no rallying point their consternation in creased ; and the quick succession of de structive fires kept up by the assailants rendered their confusion complete the whigs not only stood their ground but advanced after a few rounds upon the enemy's camp and in a short time obtained a complete victory and had possession of the camp before gen rutherford arrived with the main body of the army about 1 500 men the general engagement was only about 15 minutes long the place had the appearance of a camp long occu pied : they were well supplied with pro visions arms c and at the lowest ac count were about 1,200 strong some say 1,700 while the whigs in action were 300 in number the loss of the latter was mostly in officers who distinguished them selves in so signal a manner that they were selected by their enemies who had some expprt riflemen captain dobson and captain bowman of burke were both killed capt falls from the lower and capt john sloan from the upper end of iredell and capt wm knox from the eastern part of it fell that day : also capt arm strong from the region of third creek in rowan capt hugh torrence and capt smith of mecklenburg capt david cald well and capt john reed were unhurt capt james houston was wounded : william wilson had a horse shot under him and was wounded the second fire â€” several inferior officers were killed â€” thirteen men from the vicinity of states ville lay dead there after the battle and many more died of their wounds the next day joseph wasson from snow creek received five balls one of which he car ried 10 years to a day when it came out * one account says 450 of itself being unable to stand be lay upon his side and loaded and fired his musket several times the loss of the tories was great in men and all their camp equipments a num ber of horses was taken some of which had been stolen in the forks of the yad kin and to return to the region the peo ple there were much distressed at this time ; for col bryant thinking this a fa vorable time while so many men were absent to assemble his friends who were ready to march at an hour's notice gave the word and formed his camp a few miles from riddle's ferry on the big yadkin he soon found himself at the head of a large body of tories that flocked to his standard from every direction particular ly his friends in the fork what increased still more the distress of the whigs in that region was a false report from the army in lincoln that it had been totally defeated ; that captain armstrong was killed and his whole com pany either slain or made prisoners â€” this news soon reached bryant's camp and encouraged the tories some of whom threatened to rob and kill every rebel in or near the forks in three days but the whigs at home not willing to believe such reports concerning their army sent messengers from several neighborhoods to . learn the truth ; and by them intelligence of bryant's movements reached ruther ford's army and all the men from that quarter were dismissed to return and de i fend their families and property they left the camp the morning after \ the battle and those on horseback reached | home that night the next morning was ; the time appointed by captains caldwell 1 nicholas and sam'l reed to meet at some place in the fork to oppose bryant ! those who had returned from lincoln after a short rest went to meet their friends and a camp was formed two or | three miles east of anderson's bridge on hunting creek known ever since by the name of liberty hill ; it was five or six ! miles from bryant's camp when this â– â– encampment commenced they were not 100 in number but men continued tocol : lect during the day and in the evening ! they were joined by a company of light : horse from the mountains commanded by capt doak at night they numbered i between 200 and 300 and had taken | about 20 prisoners on their way to join bryant's camp i they were in constant expectation that i he would attack them and made every i effort to give him a warm reception and j convince him how much it would cost | him to gratify his friends in their thirst for i plunder in the mean time he received a ; true account of the fate of his friends in lincoln and seeing the army assembling at liberty hill he became alarmed and while the whigs were preparing to re ceive him to their great surprise he broke up his camp and fled acrossthe yadkin ; â€” finding the people of the " flat swamp more friendly to his cause than the scotch irish the other side of the river these latter mingled with a few marylanders as brave as themselves strove to see who would perform the noblest deeds for their country unlike other ambition this strengthened the bonds of friendship be tween them thus was the power of the tories bro ken in lincoln and in the forks of the yadkin bryant after spending a short time in the flat swamp retired to the eastern part of the state ; and captain samuel reed's company with a few others as an army of observation was sufficient to keep order in the forks the tories in lincoln being so roughly handled at the battle of ramsour's mill what of them escaped retired to the western part of the country and re mained there till ferguson arrived to their assistance whose fate is well known it will be seen from the above that the whigs of rowan and mecklenburg were greatly relieved from the embarrassment of the tories and now had an opportunity to aid their friends in other parts of the country ; this they did promptly they were in service on the pedee at wil mington at king's mountain at the cow pen's at guilford c h with many other places of minor importance we might say that the battle at ram sour's mill was the first of a series of mis fortunes to the british arms in upper caro lina gates defeat was the only action of importance in their favor the ramsour battle was about the 20th of june that at king's mountain in october : at the cowpensin january ; at guilford court house in march ; all more or less favorable to the cause of the ame ; ricans we will mention one or two tradition ary anecdotes connected with the battle of which we have an account above â€” ! capt reid was ordered to take his men and flank the tories : in doing so he had to cross a bottom and a branch and pass through some under brush as he emerg ed in view of the enemy a man rushed out towards him and got behind a tree watching an opportunity to shoot him â€” but being a good marksman reid kept his eye on the tree and seeing the shoulder of the tory not entirely covered by it he took a rifle from one of his men and shot him through the part exposed after the | close of the battle he went among the wounded and finding one shot through the | shoulder and on enquiry as to the way he received his wound found him to be the man he had shot and dressed the wound for him in one case a whig and a tory were ! each behind a tree watching to shoot each other when the whig employed this strat agem to get his enemy to fire he put i his hat on the end of his ram rod and pro jected it beyond the tree the tory sup 1 posing that a head was there as well as a hat fired a ball through it when the whig taking the advantage of him put a ball ' through his body before he could reload the tories were headed by col john i moore maj welsh and captains keen , j er williams and warlick ; the latter and ! | a whig by the name of winston were j neighbors and rivals at shooting matches j both good marksmen they met and one i said to the other " the time has come ! alluding to some understanding they had i before between them their guns were j unloaded and each took a tree for shelter i the whig succeeded in loading first and i looked around his tree just as the tory ; shut his pan knowing that his opponent ' would look around his tree before point ing his gun the whig aimed his and the moment the other put his head behind : his tree shot a ball through it traces of the battle may be seen now at the battle ground about three quarters of a mile from the town of lincolnton on a ridge situated between clark's creek and one of its tributaries ; some of the ' graves are yet visible the pine trees still [ standing there it is said bear the marks ; of the musket balls in their confusion and retreat some of j the tories attempting to escape cross the â– â– mill dam by a narrow bridge pushed each â€¢ other off and were drowned : some too â– rushed into the pond and were mired in the mud and never escaped the whigs did not pursue them for fear the smallness of their numbers would be discovered ; in all the battle lasted about two hours and was brought to a close by a flag of truce sent out by a tory of the name of blackburn there was no gen : eral officer in command at this battle : col francis locke was present but did not take the command for fear of being tried by court martial for exceeding his orders the above is for the most part in the words of the different narrators from : whom the traditions have been taken down examiner mr clay â€” in noticing the return of the hon henry clay to his home from his visit to new orleans the lexington ob server says : " after spending saturday and sunday at ashland with his family he was sum moned to winchester early on monday â– morning to fulfil a professional engage ment in a great will case which came up for trial on that day in the clarke circuit court this case joel quisenberry's will in which a large amount of property is involved we learn by a letter from a friend in winchester was most ably and elaborately argued on wednesday and thursday by hon chilton allan and hon garrett davis in favor of the will and by samuel hanson esq and mr clay in opposition the speeches of all the gentlemen fully sustained their well earned reputations as forensic debaters the speech of mr clay is said to have been more able and eloquent than the one which he delivered in the same case last fall and produced a fine impression the jury failed to find a verdict and another trial at the next term of the court will be necessary a company of emigrants lo texas from mon roe co georgia were attacked with cholera after leaving new orleans and at the last ac counts eighteen of the company had heen liuried â€” seven negroes in one grave some died in three hours after ihey were attacked the patty was composed of six families wilh their servant in all 77 persons meeting in catawba a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of catawba was held at the court house in newton on tuesday the 10th instant court week to take into consid eration the route of the proposed turn pike from salisbury to the georgia line on motion martin sigman esq was called to the chair and jonas bosf ap pointed secretary the object of the meeting being explained by m l mccor kle esq the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting viz dr a m powell j m lowrance esq jonas bost esq col w l mehaf fy and col m ii rudiscl the committee retired when m l m'corkle esq was called on mr m addressed the meeting at some length not only contending for the usefulness of the turnpike contemplated but internal im provements generally ; he concluded with the hope that the road would pass through newton as being the most direct route mr mccorkle delivered himself ably and his remarks were well received a h shuford esq being called on gave some facts relating to the bill but declined taking part in the meeting as he was one of the commissioners appointed ; to lay off the road the committee ihen reported as fol lows : whereas a publication has appeared in some of the papers purporting to be the proceedings of a public meeting held somewhere north of the central line for the purpose of making an impression up on the public mind that a northern route for the western turnpike would be most beneficial to those for whose interest the ! work has been projected ; and whereas such an impression would be extremely erroneous inasmuch as the lower route the greater would be the travel â€” there fore resolved that a route from salisbury via newton is the most central passing through a finely cultivated and densely populated region : and that we the citi zens of catawba will exert our united ef forts to have the road take this location fully persuaded that this would be in ac cordance with the interests of a very large majority of those who are anxiously look ing to derive some benefit from the con templated improvements resolved that a judicious location of the turnpike on the most central and practicable route is of the utmost impor tance to our people ; and that to run it any considerable distance north of new ton would entirely defeat the object in tended to be gained by if ; for it is clear that the farther south the road is located the larger will be the transportation upon it resolved that we approve of the inter nal improvement convention to be held in salisbury in june next to take into consideration the important acts of the legislature and that a committee of six be appointed a delegation to attend that convention the following gentlemen were appoint ed the committee : m l m'corkle a m powell w j gut.ter a ii shuford geo setzer j w gabriel on motion the chairman and secretary were added to the committee on motion it was resolved that the proceedings be pub lished in the lincoln courier carolina re publican salisbury watchman and ra leigh standard the meeting then adiourned martin sigman ch'n jonas bost secretary the subtreasury â€” we presume that by general consent the subtreasury will now go down under the force of public opinion we entirely agree with a writer on this subject who says that the sub treasury is the most absurd of all absurdi ties and infinitely more injurious than lhe monster was in its palmy days be cause the latter had the power to relieve a stringent money market with its depos ites from government and individuals but the subtreasury opes its pondeious and marble jaws to receive nothing bat coin and there it lies to rust till the go vernment has a debt to pay whenever the sums in the subtreasury become la go the monev market is tightened and by consequence money becomes dear busi ness unsatisfactory c and such a state of things often occurs in the large cities rspeeially new york where receipts from customs are so largp the subtreasury being the monster of the times it should be demolished with as little delay as pos sible â€” alex gazette the charter election in columbus ohio took place last monday and resulted in the total defeat of the locofocns bv an unprecedented majority the whisrs have elected their mayor marshal nnd five o::t of the six councilmen the vote was un usuallv large and the most strenuous se cret exertions had been made by the lo cofocos to bring out their entire vote with the full anticipation of a victory j he whig majority for mayor is 173 two days later from europe the steamship hermann fiom southampton arrived at new york on friday she sailed on the 26th march and brings london papers two days later than before received all the efforts used hy the governments of france and greal britain to renew the armis tice belween sardinia and austria have failed hostilities would therefore recommence and he carried on with great vigor on both 9ides ai though european sympathies were strongly en listed on the side of the italian cause yet it was generally feared that king charles albert would be beaten bv his powerful enemies who to lhe number of 100.000 strong meditated a direct march upon tin in there as kadelzky's manifesto slated to negotiate lhe terms ol peace the latest accounts from hungary abundant ly proved thai the imperialists were not making much headway against ihe valiant maygars as success had latterly crowned the arms of the latter and the auslrians had several times been beaten wilh considerable loss the republic of palermo has rejected the constitution and proposals made by the king of naples the french and british beets were about to withdraw and the sicilians were pre paring for the hostilities which would imtnedi ately ensue the king of naples could with great difficulty keep his throne as a formida ble insurrection was about breaking out in a labria and the neapolitans themselves were unquiet the proposal lo appoint the king of prussia emperor of germany was rejected by lhe frankfort parliament on the 21?t march this i unexpected decision caused great excitement and would it is feared lead to unpleasant con , sequences between prussia and austria the returns of ihe bank of france were not quite so favorable for the trade of paris as some of the previous returns a manifesto on the part of ihe socialists and communists was expected at paris-oil lhe 26lb greal military precautions wen la be taken by the government to preserve lhe public peace lord aberdeen's speech in the house of lords relative lo european affairs had produced a good elfecl on lhe paris bourse the three per ( cents were o2f 70c ; 5 per cents 32f 95c the french government had received tele graphic despatches announcing that lhe sardin ian army had crossed the ticini on the 20lh march in three divisions on ibe 21st an aus trian corps had passed lhe same river and ex perienced some resistance it was supposed , the king charles albert would be forced lo i recross the ticini and lhat a great battle would ' be fought on the plains of vercelli a french expedition of 1 2,000 men was ! ready to sail immediately the auslrians should set their fool in the pontificia slates the produce markets were unchanged and , dull the advices by the sarah sands and eun i had reached havre and produced a s.ight re action on the cotion market of that city business generally in the french mannfac luring towns was improving and active spring trade was expected if lhe new elections passed off favorably to the existing government uf which there was not much doubt in l-.ndoii it was stated that the navigation i laws could not be carried and that they would be rejected in the house ol lords a change ! of ministry was therefore expected i the archbishop of paiis has handed 60 0 to the pope's nuncio being lhe firsl instalment of the collection made in lhe churches ol paris for his holiness an attempt was made at bordeaux on the i l!jih by the socialists to create a disturbance : by parading the streets at midnight singing ie '< ditious bones and voci feral ing " ca ira ' ' ! " les aristocrat's a la lantcrnc f " dansons la caramaguole f the nocturnal vocalists were however speedily surrounded by a body of police and lodged in prison | cardinal orsini has died at gaela and car dinal mezzofanti lhe celebrated linguist at rome the principal leaders of lhe ultra republi cans have left rome and accepted some mis sion abroad the greatest anarchy prevailed at rome and the people even regretted the go vernment of sterbini read the newspapers john h prentice in his recent valedictory on retiring from the editorial chair which he had filled for forty two years gives the follow . ing good advice : " no man should be without a well conduct ed newspaper i nless he reads one he is not upon an equal footing wilh his fellow-man who enjoys such advantage and is disregarded of his duty to his family in not affording them nn . opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of wh il is passing in the world at the cheapest possi ble leaching show me a family without a newspaper and i venture to say ibat there will be manifest in that family a want of amenity of 4 manners and indications of ignorance most strikingly in contra 1 -! with the neighbor who allows himself such a rational indulgence â€” young men especially should read newspapers if i were a boy even of twelve years i would read a newspaper weekly though i bad lo work by torch lijrht to earn money enough lo pay f..r it the boy who reads well will to think and analyze and if so he will be a sure to make a man of himself haling rh indulgence which reading is calculated to be get a di-taste 1 r ." medical convention on mood iv last ; i put - tai e of notice number nf physicians as s a ihis cily : and on m they proceeded o organize dr i hill of brunsiwick county eras dent of lhe c nventi :. : and l william h mckee of wake was appoi tied seen 1 after some debate an'i due c msultai n a committee was ns ' lulion and by-laws :" 1 asiaie i ty and was directed lo re rf 10 lhe < tion yesterday al ten o'clock \ m in our next we sba a detailed account of 1 he p _- teili-ent an 3 highly nÂ»s north ca ina st â– 'â– tbe elections in lhe c - f sew orleans and cincinnati for ci â– " ' Â»â€¢ b resultai in both cases in favor if lb h higs appointment i '- nc "' ] geortlitue of raleigh n-c.bas been a - p po'oifd marshal of north carolina m place of wesley jones

terms of the watchman subscription per year two dollars payable in f r , ance hut if not paid in advance two dollars * a fifty cts will lie charged srtisemexts inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts r reach subsequent insertion court orders chnrged 25 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc .,, those who advertise by the year , to the kdilors niusl be post paid carolina tpatdjman i.v account of the battle of ramsoimts mill a person would form a very imperfect idea of the battle of ramsour's mill with out a knowledge of the times and circum stances connected with it of these i will give as correct an account as i can rowan county took an active part in the revolution but it will be remembered that htvc districts of what was then rowan was not so friendly lo the cause of liberty as might have been desired we know i but little about that part of it now called jjavijson county except the lower por tion call ed the flat swamp which was the place of col bryant's retreat when driven out of the fork of the yad kin as will be more fully noticed in the proper place this latter for a considerable distance up the river was originally settled by a mixed population from every direction having no general trait of national char acter ; there were about as many tories as whigs among them and a third party that through cowardice stood neutral â€” following hunting creek up to the brushy ! mountains you would have found the in ! habitants nearly all tories throughout the mountains to the catawba river for the lirst few years oi the war they took no active part in it but some of them caused considerable annoyance to the whigs by their robberies especially by horsestealing having committed depre | dations in this way they would fly to the mountains and were there concealed â€” but the whigs of the fork assisted by their friends south of the south-yadkin j and furnished with a sufficient force for \ protection would pursue the rogues often recover their properly and punish the of j fenders by lynch law j!ut as the seat of war seemed to be changing from north to south the tories hecame more active in the beginning of the year 1780 they began to collect in companies but the whigs would always scatter them before they joined large bodies in may 1780 when charleston ! surrendered to the british army and j lord comwallis was full of hope that he would redeem his pledge made lo his friends before he left england which was that if they would give him four regiments of regulars he would march triumphant from one end of the continent to the other and he had marched up as far as camden many of the south carolinians joining his ! standard : and the news had spread through all the upper country then all the tories were in motion ; the encamp ! meat near lincolnton was founded the lat i ter part of that spring or the beginning of the summer for when taken in june it was found to be old camp their ob ject was to be ready to join cornwallison his march and a considerable body of men soon collected the tories were in motion in every direction the whigs using all means in their power to keep them down succeeded in distressing them before they collected in large numbers the whijjs often ventured out in one direc tion in the evening and before day the next morning would be called upon to go in another but they were always ready ind willing to go never lying down at bight without placing their arms so that they could lay their hands on them at any moment col bryant a citizen of the fork of the yadkin a man of some talents had considerable influence with the tories of his vicinity ; he was not idle but was airaid to come out publicly he how over caused it to be reported that the war would soon end and that all the land belonging to the rebels would be confis cated and the king's friends would be the owners this drew off many of the neutral par ly horse-stealing now increased : horses ere in greater demand : hut the brushy mountains were not a safe retreat they " e d to lincolnton and there found a market for their horses and protection for their persons ; as was evident from the juct that several horses stolen in the fork Â°' the yadkin were recovered at the bat tle f ramsour's mill lynch-law was ten enforced and offenders joined the ca mp in lincoln till a formidable body in * had been collected this caused no lu e uneasiness to the whigs who re h'ed to attack them and break up their e ncatnpment this was in the latter part 0 j une 1780 and it appears to be a cri ils ln the revolution if the men for this torpose were to be taken from the fork vicinity.as many from there were out j n other expeditions bryant was to be f eaded behind them they scarcely the carolina watchman bru.ner k james ) > " kr.ep a check upon all vocr editors 4 proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and liberty is sake < gent harrison [ volume y number 51 salisbury n c thursday april 26 1849 knew how to raise a sufficient force but they determined upon it about this time news was received that gen gates was on his way with a north ern army to assist them this greatly en couraged them to persevere ; for by break ing up that encampment they would pre vent it from causing any embarrassment to gen gates or giving any assistance to corn wal i is they therefore collected all the men they could in rowan and perhaps some from mecklenburg all were under the command of gen rutherford having crossed the catawba they were joined by captains bowman and dobson from burke ; and gen rutherford now finding himself at the head of a considerable body of men moved towards the enemy's camp about 300 mounted infantry many of them officers formed the advance guard while the infantry followed on under the officer in command the advance party after a march of 15 miles having reached the enemy's camp reconnoitred it without be ing discovered some difference of opin ion now arose as to the best course to pur sue col locke and perhaps some others thought that they would better wait till the infantry arrived ; captains falls armstrong col brevard and perhaps some others and among them maj james rutherford thought that they ought to avail themselves of the advantage of at tacking by surprise after some discus sion the latter opinion prevailed the first step was to send an express to gen rutherford to hasten on with the infantry for they intended an immediate attack the spartan number 300 with some thing of the spartan spirit now divided into two equal bodies ; the first was to advance and fire then retreat and form in the rear of the second in the mean time to load as they retired ; the second division was to advance and fire retreat and in like manner form in the rear and load ; thus to draw the enemy on till rutherford came up with the main body of the army this was the plan of attack with the clear understanding that each was to watch the other's motions and act in con cert the arrangement being thus made and understood the attack was made about sun-rise while the tories were en gaged in preparing their breakfast and so complete was the surprise that they found themselves falling by the balls of their enemies almost as soon as they dis covered them the first division after firing retreated opening to the right and left from the cen tre for the second to advance fire and retreat in the same way the enemy notwithstanding their surprise attempted to form a line but a whig of more cour age than prudence rode up seized their colors and rode off with them unhurt amidst a shower of balls having now no rallying point their consternation in creased ; and the quick succession of de structive fires kept up by the assailants rendered their confusion complete the whigs not only stood their ground but advanced after a few rounds upon the enemy's camp and in a short time obtained a complete victory and had possession of the camp before gen rutherford arrived with the main body of the army about 1 500 men the general engagement was only about 15 minutes long the place had the appearance of a camp long occu pied : they were well supplied with pro visions arms c and at the lowest ac count were about 1,200 strong some say 1,700 while the whigs in action were 300 in number the loss of the latter was mostly in officers who distinguished them selves in so signal a manner that they were selected by their enemies who had some expprt riflemen captain dobson and captain bowman of burke were both killed capt falls from the lower and capt john sloan from the upper end of iredell and capt wm knox from the eastern part of it fell that day : also capt arm strong from the region of third creek in rowan capt hugh torrence and capt smith of mecklenburg capt david cald well and capt john reed were unhurt capt james houston was wounded : william wilson had a horse shot under him and was wounded the second fire â€” several inferior officers were killed â€” thirteen men from the vicinity of states ville lay dead there after the battle and many more died of their wounds the next day joseph wasson from snow creek received five balls one of which he car ried 10 years to a day when it came out * one account says 450 of itself being unable to stand be lay upon his side and loaded and fired his musket several times the loss of the tories was great in men and all their camp equipments a num ber of horses was taken some of which had been stolen in the forks of the yad kin and to return to the region the peo ple there were much distressed at this time ; for col bryant thinking this a fa vorable time while so many men were absent to assemble his friends who were ready to march at an hour's notice gave the word and formed his camp a few miles from riddle's ferry on the big yadkin he soon found himself at the head of a large body of tories that flocked to his standard from every direction particular ly his friends in the fork what increased still more the distress of the whigs in that region was a false report from the army in lincoln that it had been totally defeated ; that captain armstrong was killed and his whole com pany either slain or made prisoners â€” this news soon reached bryant's camp and encouraged the tories some of whom threatened to rob and kill every rebel in or near the forks in three days but the whigs at home not willing to believe such reports concerning their army sent messengers from several neighborhoods to . learn the truth ; and by them intelligence of bryant's movements reached ruther ford's army and all the men from that quarter were dismissed to return and de i fend their families and property they left the camp the morning after \ the battle and those on horseback reached | home that night the next morning was ; the time appointed by captains caldwell 1 nicholas and sam'l reed to meet at some place in the fork to oppose bryant ! those who had returned from lincoln after a short rest went to meet their friends and a camp was formed two or | three miles east of anderson's bridge on hunting creek known ever since by the name of liberty hill ; it was five or six ! miles from bryant's camp when this â– â– encampment commenced they were not 100 in number but men continued tocol : lect during the day and in the evening ! they were joined by a company of light : horse from the mountains commanded by capt doak at night they numbered i between 200 and 300 and had taken | about 20 prisoners on their way to join bryant's camp i they were in constant expectation that i he would attack them and made every i effort to give him a warm reception and j convince him how much it would cost | him to gratify his friends in their thirst for i plunder in the mean time he received a ; true account of the fate of his friends in lincoln and seeing the army assembling at liberty hill he became alarmed and while the whigs were preparing to re ceive him to their great surprise he broke up his camp and fled acrossthe yadkin ; â€” finding the people of the " flat swamp more friendly to his cause than the scotch irish the other side of the river these latter mingled with a few marylanders as brave as themselves strove to see who would perform the noblest deeds for their country unlike other ambition this strengthened the bonds of friendship be tween them thus was the power of the tories bro ken in lincoln and in the forks of the yadkin bryant after spending a short time in the flat swamp retired to the eastern part of the state ; and captain samuel reed's company with a few others as an army of observation was sufficient to keep order in the forks the tories in lincoln being so roughly handled at the battle of ramsour's mill what of them escaped retired to the western part of the country and re mained there till ferguson arrived to their assistance whose fate is well known it will be seen from the above that the whigs of rowan and mecklenburg were greatly relieved from the embarrassment of the tories and now had an opportunity to aid their friends in other parts of the country ; this they did promptly they were in service on the pedee at wil mington at king's mountain at the cow pen's at guilford c h with many other places of minor importance we might say that the battle at ram sour's mill was the first of a series of mis fortunes to the british arms in upper caro lina gates defeat was the only action of importance in their favor the ramsour battle was about the 20th of june that at king's mountain in october : at the cowpensin january ; at guilford court house in march ; all more or less favorable to the cause of the ame ; ricans we will mention one or two tradition ary anecdotes connected with the battle of which we have an account above â€” ! capt reid was ordered to take his men and flank the tories : in doing so he had to cross a bottom and a branch and pass through some under brush as he emerg ed in view of the enemy a man rushed out towards him and got behind a tree watching an opportunity to shoot him â€” but being a good marksman reid kept his eye on the tree and seeing the shoulder of the tory not entirely covered by it he took a rifle from one of his men and shot him through the part exposed after the | close of the battle he went among the wounded and finding one shot through the | shoulder and on enquiry as to the way he received his wound found him to be the man he had shot and dressed the wound for him in one case a whig and a tory were ! each behind a tree watching to shoot each other when the whig employed this strat agem to get his enemy to fire he put i his hat on the end of his ram rod and pro jected it beyond the tree the tory sup 1 posing that a head was there as well as a hat fired a ball through it when the whig taking the advantage of him put a ball ' through his body before he could reload the tories were headed by col john i moore maj welsh and captains keen , j er williams and warlick ; the latter and ! | a whig by the name of winston were j neighbors and rivals at shooting matches j both good marksmen they met and one i said to the other " the time has come ! alluding to some understanding they had i before between them their guns were j unloaded and each took a tree for shelter i the whig succeeded in loading first and i looked around his tree just as the tory ; shut his pan knowing that his opponent ' would look around his tree before point ing his gun the whig aimed his and the moment the other put his head behind : his tree shot a ball through it traces of the battle may be seen now at the battle ground about three quarters of a mile from the town of lincolnton on a ridge situated between clark's creek and one of its tributaries ; some of the ' graves are yet visible the pine trees still [ standing there it is said bear the marks ; of the musket balls in their confusion and retreat some of j the tories attempting to escape cross the â– â– mill dam by a narrow bridge pushed each â€¢ other off and were drowned : some too â– rushed into the pond and were mired in the mud and never escaped the whigs did not pursue them for fear the smallness of their numbers would be discovered ; in all the battle lasted about two hours and was brought to a close by a flag of truce sent out by a tory of the name of blackburn there was no gen : eral officer in command at this battle : col francis locke was present but did not take the command for fear of being tried by court martial for exceeding his orders the above is for the most part in the words of the different narrators from : whom the traditions have been taken down examiner mr clay â€” in noticing the return of the hon henry clay to his home from his visit to new orleans the lexington ob server says : " after spending saturday and sunday at ashland with his family he was sum moned to winchester early on monday â– morning to fulfil a professional engage ment in a great will case which came up for trial on that day in the clarke circuit court this case joel quisenberry's will in which a large amount of property is involved we learn by a letter from a friend in winchester was most ably and elaborately argued on wednesday and thursday by hon chilton allan and hon garrett davis in favor of the will and by samuel hanson esq and mr clay in opposition the speeches of all the gentlemen fully sustained their well earned reputations as forensic debaters the speech of mr clay is said to have been more able and eloquent than the one which he delivered in the same case last fall and produced a fine impression the jury failed to find a verdict and another trial at the next term of the court will be necessary a company of emigrants lo texas from mon roe co georgia were attacked with cholera after leaving new orleans and at the last ac counts eighteen of the company had heen liuried â€” seven negroes in one grave some died in three hours after ihey were attacked the patty was composed of six families wilh their servant in all 77 persons meeting in catawba a large and respectable meeting of the citizens of catawba was held at the court house in newton on tuesday the 10th instant court week to take into consid eration the route of the proposed turn pike from salisbury to the georgia line on motion martin sigman esq was called to the chair and jonas bosf ap pointed secretary the object of the meeting being explained by m l mccor kle esq the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting viz dr a m powell j m lowrance esq jonas bost esq col w l mehaf fy and col m ii rudiscl the committee retired when m l m'corkle esq was called on mr m addressed the meeting at some length not only contending for the usefulness of the turnpike contemplated but internal im provements generally ; he concluded with the hope that the road would pass through newton as being the most direct route mr mccorkle delivered himself ably and his remarks were well received a h shuford esq being called on gave some facts relating to the bill but declined taking part in the meeting as he was one of the commissioners appointed ; to lay off the road the committee ihen reported as fol lows : whereas a publication has appeared in some of the papers purporting to be the proceedings of a public meeting held somewhere north of the central line for the purpose of making an impression up on the public mind that a northern route for the western turnpike would be most beneficial to those for whose interest the ! work has been projected ; and whereas such an impression would be extremely erroneous inasmuch as the lower route the greater would be the travel â€” there fore resolved that a route from salisbury via newton is the most central passing through a finely cultivated and densely populated region : and that we the citi zens of catawba will exert our united ef forts to have the road take this location fully persuaded that this would be in ac cordance with the interests of a very large majority of those who are anxiously look ing to derive some benefit from the con templated improvements resolved that a judicious location of the turnpike on the most central and practicable route is of the utmost impor tance to our people ; and that to run it any considerable distance north of new ton would entirely defeat the object in tended to be gained by if ; for it is clear that the farther south the road is located the larger will be the transportation upon it resolved that we approve of the inter nal improvement convention to be held in salisbury in june next to take into consideration the important acts of the legislature and that a committee of six be appointed a delegation to attend that convention the following gentlemen were appoint ed the committee : m l m'corkle a m powell w j gut.ter a ii shuford geo setzer j w gabriel on motion the chairman and secretary were added to the committee on motion it was resolved that the proceedings be pub lished in the lincoln courier carolina re publican salisbury watchman and ra leigh standard the meeting then adiourned martin sigman ch'n jonas bost secretary the subtreasury â€” we presume that by general consent the subtreasury will now go down under the force of public opinion we entirely agree with a writer on this subject who says that the sub treasury is the most absurd of all absurdi ties and infinitely more injurious than lhe monster was in its palmy days be cause the latter had the power to relieve a stringent money market with its depos ites from government and individuals but the subtreasury opes its pondeious and marble jaws to receive nothing bat coin and there it lies to rust till the go vernment has a debt to pay whenever the sums in the subtreasury become la go the monev market is tightened and by consequence money becomes dear busi ness unsatisfactory c and such a state of things often occurs in the large cities rspeeially new york where receipts from customs are so largp the subtreasury being the monster of the times it should be demolished with as little delay as pos sible â€” alex gazette the charter election in columbus ohio took place last monday and resulted in the total defeat of the locofocns bv an unprecedented majority the whisrs have elected their mayor marshal nnd five o::t of the six councilmen the vote was un usuallv large and the most strenuous se cret exertions had been made by the lo cofocos to bring out their entire vote with the full anticipation of a victory j he whig majority for mayor is 173 two days later from europe the steamship hermann fiom southampton arrived at new york on friday she sailed on the 26th march and brings london papers two days later than before received all the efforts used hy the governments of france and greal britain to renew the armis tice belween sardinia and austria have failed hostilities would therefore recommence and he carried on with great vigor on both 9ides ai though european sympathies were strongly en listed on the side of the italian cause yet it was generally feared that king charles albert would be beaten bv his powerful enemies who to lhe number of 100.000 strong meditated a direct march upon tin in there as kadelzky's manifesto slated to negotiate lhe terms ol peace the latest accounts from hungary abundant ly proved thai the imperialists were not making much headway against ihe valiant maygars as success had latterly crowned the arms of the latter and the auslrians had several times been beaten wilh considerable loss the republic of palermo has rejected the constitution and proposals made by the king of naples the french and british beets were about to withdraw and the sicilians were pre paring for the hostilities which would imtnedi ately ensue the king of naples could with great difficulty keep his throne as a formida ble insurrection was about breaking out in a labria and the neapolitans themselves were unquiet the proposal lo appoint the king of prussia emperor of germany was rejected by lhe frankfort parliament on the 21?t march this i unexpected decision caused great excitement and would it is feared lead to unpleasant con , sequences between prussia and austria the returns of ihe bank of france were not quite so favorable for the trade of paris as some of the previous returns a manifesto on the part of ihe socialists and communists was expected at paris-oil lhe 26lb greal military precautions wen la be taken by the government to preserve lhe public peace lord aberdeen's speech in the house of lords relative lo european affairs had produced a good elfecl on lhe paris bourse the three per ( cents were o2f 70c ; 5 per cents 32f 95c the french government had received tele graphic despatches announcing that lhe sardin ian army had crossed the ticini on the 20lh march in three divisions on ibe 21st an aus trian corps had passed lhe same river and ex perienced some resistance it was supposed , the king charles albert would be forced lo i recross the ticini and lhat a great battle would ' be fought on the plains of vercelli a french expedition of 1 2,000 men was ! ready to sail immediately the auslrians should set their fool in the pontificia slates the produce markets were unchanged and , dull the advices by the sarah sands and eun i had reached havre and produced a s.ight re action on the cotion market of that city business generally in the french mannfac luring towns was improving and active spring trade was expected if lhe new elections passed off favorably to the existing government uf which there was not much doubt in l-.ndoii it was stated that the navigation i laws could not be carried and that they would be rejected in the house ol lords a change ! of ministry was therefore expected i the archbishop of paiis has handed 60 0 to the pope's nuncio being lhe firsl instalment of the collection made in lhe churches ol paris for his holiness an attempt was made at bordeaux on the i l!jih by the socialists to create a disturbance : by parading the streets at midnight singing ie '< ditious bones and voci feral ing " ca ira ' ' ! " les aristocrat's a la lantcrnc f " dansons la caramaguole f the nocturnal vocalists were however speedily surrounded by a body of police and lodged in prison | cardinal orsini has died at gaela and car dinal mezzofanti lhe celebrated linguist at rome the principal leaders of lhe ultra republi cans have left rome and accepted some mis sion abroad the greatest anarchy prevailed at rome and the people even regretted the go vernment of sterbini read the newspapers john h prentice in his recent valedictory on retiring from the editorial chair which he had filled for forty two years gives the follow . ing good advice : " no man should be without a well conduct ed newspaper i nless he reads one he is not upon an equal footing wilh his fellow-man who enjoys such advantage and is disregarded of his duty to his family in not affording them nn . opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of wh il is passing in the world at the cheapest possi ble leaching show me a family without a newspaper and i venture to say ibat there will be manifest in that family a want of amenity of 4 manners and indications of ignorance most strikingly in contra 1 -! with the neighbor who allows himself such a rational indulgence â€” young men especially should read newspapers if i were a boy even of twelve years i would read a newspaper weekly though i bad lo work by torch lijrht to earn money enough lo pay f..r it the boy who reads well will to think and analyze and if so he will be a sure to make a man of himself haling rh indulgence which reading is calculated to be get a di-taste 1 r ." medical convention on mood iv last ; i put - tai e of notice number nf physicians as s a ihis cily : and on m they proceeded o organize dr i hill of brunsiwick county eras dent of lhe c nventi :. : and l william h mckee of wake was appoi tied seen 1 after some debate an'i due c msultai n a committee was ns ' lulion and by-laws :" 1 asiaie i ty and was directed lo re rf 10 lhe < tion yesterday al ten o'clock \ m in our next we sba a detailed account of 1 he p _- teili-ent an 3 highly nÂ»s north ca ina st â– 'â– tbe elections in lhe c - f sew orleans and cincinnati for ci â– " ' Â»â€¢ b resultai in both cases in favor if lb h higs appointment i '- nc "' ] geortlitue of raleigh n-c.bas been a - p po'oifd marshal of north carolina m place of wesley jones